Ben Webster works on investigations for openDemocracy into climate, environment and biodiversity issues. Ben spent 24 years at The Times, 11 of them as environment editor
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Published in: Home: NewsGas industry invents new term to ‘greenwash’ boiler salesExclusive: Vaillant accused of misleading consumers to sell boilers that will never run on green energy
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Published in: Home: InvestigationBritish Gas advisers caught making false promises about ‘green’ boilersExclusive: Staff wrongly tell our reporter hydrogen will replace gas and that new boilers can burn it
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment rejected calls from its own experts to protect key nature sitesExclusive: Natural England's key recommendation for halting devastating wildlife decline was snubbed by ministers
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Published in: Home: NewsMinister ‘gave Parliament false answer’ about landowner lobbyingExclusive: Richard Benyon claimed he had not engaged with landowner groups over public rights of way – but he had
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Published in: Home: NewsPolluting waste firms avoid £500m bill thanks to a government ‘loophole’Exclusive: Incinerator industry tried to delay plans to close ‘loophole’ and force firms to pay for emissions
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Published in: Home: InvestigationSome ‘renewable’ UK incinerators are more polluting than coal stationsExclusive: Waste firms and councils accused of ‘greenwashing’ with false claims over burning rubbish for energy